Hot Cranberry Punch

Diane Phillips

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1 (48 ounce) bottle cranberry juice cocktail
• 1  cup water
• 1⁄2 cup  firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 3  cinnamon sticks (4 inch sticks)
• 1  teaspoon allspice berry
• 3⁄4 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4  cups  fresh orange juice
• 2  oranges, halved and thinly sliced into half moons

Directions

1. Combine all the ingredients except the orange juice and orange slices in a big saucepan; stir to blend.
2. Bring to a boil, add in the orange juice, and return to a boil.
3. Decrease the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. **At this point, you can cool, strain, and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
5. Serve warm, garnished with orange slices.
6. To serve cold--fill a 12 ounce tumbler with ice; add 4 ounces cranberry punch, and fill the rest of the way with either sparkling water or 7-Up; garnish with orange slices.